Automatic funnel cut-off



(No Model.)

v J. H. DRILLER. AUTOMATIC FUNNEL OUT-OFF.

Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. DRILLER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMATIC FUNNEL CUT-OFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,639, dated February23, 1892.

Application filed May 22, 1891. Serial No. 393,682. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. DRILLER, acitizen of the United States,residing atLos Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Automatic Funnel Cut-Off, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide sensitive means to be operatedby the rising liquid in a cask or other receptacle which is being filledto cut oif the discharge from the funnel Whenever the liquid has risento the desired height within such receptacle.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, and also illustrate afeature of my invention which is not. claimed herein, for the reasonthat it is described and claimed in an application for Letters Patentfor an automatic cut-01f cask-filling faucet filed in the United StatesPatent Office on the same day herewithviz., the 22d day of May,189lSerial No. 393,681, and which feature consists, essentially, of thecombination of the vertical stem, the float and rod-tube arranged withinsuch stem, and the float and rod arranged within such tube and arrangedto engage the cut-off-controlling mechanism.

Figure 1 is a plain elevation with the funnel open. Fig. 2 is a planview. Fig. 3 is a vertical mid-section on line 00 01;, Fig. 2, with thefunnel closed.

A is the cut-off plug mounted upon a tubular guide-stem a, mounted uponthe rod-tube f and provided at the top with the sustaining-flange b.This tube is of sufficient length to extend above the depth of liquidlikely to be put in the funnel.

B is the funnel.

O is the plug-supporting stand, to the top of which is pivoted theplug-supporting catchplate D, provided with the inclined plug-supportingshoulder d and inclined flange-engaging face d.

E is the discharge-stem.

F is the float-containing tube.' f is the upper reduced portion thereofor rod-tube inserted through the plug guide-stem a.

G is the float-rod provided at its top with the catch-plate-engagingflange g.

H is the transverse partition across the discharge-stem.

I is the side discharge-openin g.

J is the catch-plate pivot.

K is the float, and L the cork stopper therein, through which said rod Gis passed, as set forth in my said other application.

M is a flange, between which and the nut O is clamped the bottom of thefunnel.

In practice the funnel is placed upon the cask P or other receptaclewith the stem E inserted through the bung-hole. The rod G is raised tofree the top shoulder of plate D from the flange g. Then the tubularstem a is drawn up into the position shown in Fig. 1, the flange l)engaging the sloping under face 0 of the catchplate, and thus pressingthe catch-plate out of the way until the flange 1) is above the shoulderd. The rod G is then lowered to rest upon the sloping shoulder d, thuspressing the top member of the catchplate out and the lower member e in,so that d will support the flange b and tube and plug a A. The liquid isthen poured into the funnel until the liquid causes the float to rise,thus raising the rod G and flange g. As flange g rises, thus releasingthe upper member of D, the weight of the plug causes the flange b topress the lower member of D out until the shoulder d is withdrawn frombeneath flange I), thus allowing the plug to drop into its seat N andcut off the discharge.

The float-containing tube F is screw-threaded and screws through thetransverse partition H, and the rod-containin g and plug-guiding tube f,which forms the upper part thereof, extends up to and is inserted in thetop of the plug-supporting stand, and is thereby held firm. It can beraised or lowered by screwing it in or out.

Q is a vent-hole.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the plug-supporting stand, the float and rod-tube,the cut-off plug provided with the tubular guide-stemmountedupon therod-tube and provided at its top with the sustaining-flange, the pivotedcatchplate provided with the sloping shoulders, the rod provided withthe projecting head ar- 10 float, and the float-rod provided with theproranged to engage the sloping upper shoulder jecting head arranged toengage the sloping to hold the catch-plate in engagement with the uppershoulder to hold the catch-plate in enflange of the plug-stem. 5gagement with the flange of the plug-stem. A

2. In a funnel out-0E, the combination of JOHN B' the out-01f plug andits stem provided with \Vitnesses: the sustaining-flange, the pivotedcatch-plate JAMES R. TOWNSEND, provided with the sloping shoulders, andthe ALFRED I. TOWNSEND.

